Smart-Cities-Library-Header-1

A Functional and Inclusive City’s Response to the COVID-19 Pandemic

A Functional and Inclusive City’s Response to the COVID-19 Pandemic

Simultaneously a health crisis, social crisis, and economic crisis, COVID-19 is laying bare how well cities are planned and managed. Its impact is showing the extent to which each city is able to function – or not – especially during times of crisis.

Read More

Seattle Rolls Out New Community Engagement Framework – News | Planetizen

Seattle Rolls Out New Community Engagement Framework – News | Planetizen

Seattle wants to make it easier for residents to learn about developers’ plans in their area. “Often in the design process,” Stephen Fesler writes, “developments move to local design review boards where the proposals are seen for the first time and are well set in their direction having had little or no community feedback.” A new set of guidelines, in effect starting…

Read More

Citizen Engagement Makes A City Smart, Not Infrastructure

Kinder bei Inklusion Hand in Hand

The goal of Smart City engagement is to meaningfully connect all citizens, the local developer community, artists and cultural institutions, entrepreneurs, start-ups, universities, and companies to improve the lives and the quality of life of all Smart City citizens. Darren Bates LLC In June 2015, the ministry of urban development came out with guidelines for a smart city. These guidelines…

Read More

Intentional Citizen Engagement Makes a City Smart – Livemint

Citizen engagement makes a city smart, not infrastructure – Livemint

In June 2015, the ministry of urban development came out with guidelines for a smart city. These guidelines were divided into six key areas with solutions to various everyday problems in each of these categories. Smart facilities under e-Governance and Automated Citizen Services include public information, grievance redressal, electronic service delivery, citizen engagement, citizens’ eyes and ears, and video crime…

Read More